A New Jersey state court judge has granted Holtec International's bid to lift a stay and amend its suit alleging fraud claims against its former general counsel and others accused of embezzling tens of millions of dollars from the company.
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Holtec Suit Alleging Fraud Scheme Can Resume, Court Rules

By George Woolston

A New Jersey state court judge has granted Holtec International's bid to lift a stay and amend its suit alleging fraud claims against its former general counsel and others accused of embezzling tens of millions of dollars from the company.

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Alleged Bootleggers Of Springsteen Merch Hit With Injunction

By Carla Baranauckas

A New Jersey federal judge has granted concert merchandise company Merch Traffic LLC a preliminary injunction and seizure order authorizing law enforcement officers to confiscate allegedly counterfeit Bruce Springsteen merchandise ahead of upcoming performances, including an April 20 show in the Prudential Center in Newark.

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Buyers Seek Final Approval Of $4.85M Bayer Benzene Deal

By Mike Curley

A class of consumers is asking a New Jersey federal court to give final approval of a $4.85 million settlement to resolve claims that Bayer US LLC's antifungal products were contaminated with benzene.

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Builder Says Tunnel Overseer Can't Ax PLA Suit Amid Appeal

By Braden Campbell

A New Jersey builder urged a federal judge to keep alive its challenge to a union labor requirement for work on a project to tunnel from New Jersey to Manhattan, saying its challenge to an injunction denial precludes dismissal at the trial court and its arguments are valid.

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Justices Told That Eli Lilly's FCA Qui Tam Challenge Too Late

By Ganesh Setty

A whistleblower who secured a $183 million trial win against Eli Lilly urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to reject its constitutional challenge over his ability to sue for the federal government, arguing the drugmaker's arguments came too late.

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THIRD CIRCUIT

3rd Circ. Upholds J&J Injunction Bid Loss In Biosimilar Fight

By Adam Lidgett

The Third Circuit on Tuesday ruled that a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary couldn't justify its bid for an order blocking Samsung Bioepis from paving the way for a Cigna unit to launch a generic version of an anti-inflammatory treatment.

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LITIGATION

Feds Say USDA Can Tie State Funding To Gender Policies

By Carolyn Muyskens

The U.S. Department of Agriculture defended its move to condition grant funding on compliance with Trump administration policies on gender, women's sports, diversity and immigration, telling a Massachusetts federal judge that states can forgo the funding if they don't want to comply.

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States Denied Time For Talks To Settle Drug Price-Fixing Suit

By Ben Adlin

A Connecticut federal judge Tuesday denied a request by dozens of U.S. states to freeze their antitrust case against generic-drug manufacturers, a pause the states argued would allow the parties to focus on settlement talks rather than pending discovery and motion deadlines.

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26 State AGs Urge FTC To Ban Deceptive Rental Fee Tactics

By Rachel Riley

A bipartisan coalition of 26 state attorneys general led by New Jersey and Colorado are calling on the Federal Trade Commission to adopt a requirement that residential landlords clearly disclose all costs to tenants up front, responding to the agency's notice last month of potential rulemaking to combat hidden rental fees.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

CFTC Actions Show Prediction Market Insider Trading Risks

It is a myth that insider trading law does not apply in prediction markets, as the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission's recent enforcement actions illustrate that it has full authority to pursue such cases federally — and intends to, says attorney Gregg Goldfarb.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Sotomayor Apologizes For 'Hurtful' Comments About Kavanaugh

By Katie Buehler

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor publicly apologized Wednesday for comments she made at a University of Kansas appearance earlier this month criticizing Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

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Justice Jackson Slams Court's 'Oblivious' Emergency Orders

By Lauren Berg

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson this week slammed her conservative colleagues' use of the court's emergency docket, which has repeatedly benefited the Trump administration, saying that such "scratch-paper" orders don't acknowledge the harms that can follow such decisions, making the orders "seem oblivious and thus ring hollow."

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Consumer Cases Drive Class Action Spike, Report Says

By Y. Peter Kang

Federal class action filings spiked in 2025 after nearly a decade of relative stability, fueled by a surge in consumer protection lawsuits tied to data breaches, digital commerce and online accessibility claims, according to a new report from Lex Machina.

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Hogan, Cadwalader Partners Vote To Forge Ahead With Merger

By Marialuisa Taddia

Hogan Lovells and Cadwalader said Wednesday that their partners have voted in favor of their merger ahead of the scheduled launch of the combined law firm on July 1.

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Winston & Strawn Must Face $1.7B GloriFi Malpractice Suit

By Vince Sullivan

A Chapter 7 malpractice suit brought by the trustee of fintech company GloriFi asserting $1.7 billion in damages from a failed initial public offering mostly survived a motion to dismiss late Tuesday, with a Texas bankruptcy judge saying the trustee sufficiently pled breach claims against law firm Winston & Strawn.

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Trump's 8th Circ. Pick Pressed On Leonard Leo Ties

By Courtney Bublé

President Donald Trump's nominee for the Eighth Circuit, who represented Trump in the two cases brought by writer E. Jean Carroll, came under scrutiny Wednesday for his affiliation with groups linked to longtime Federalist Society executive and Republican fundraiser Leonard Leo.

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Jones Day DQ'd From Vanderbilt Case Over Pre-Ch. 11 Work

By Vince Sullivan

A New York bankruptcy judge disqualified law firm Jones Day from representing talc producer Vanderbilt Minerals in its Chapter 11 case Wednesday, saying the firm's prior work for the larger Vanderbilt corporate family raises questions about its disinterestedness.

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John Eastman Disbarred Over Bid To Overturn 2020 Election

By Rae Ann Varona

California's highest court on Wednesday ordered the disbarment of California attorney John Charles Eastman, who a state bar court found had helped plan and promote President Donald Trump's strategy to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

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ICE Arrest Memo Switch Looks 'Specious,' Judge Says

By Pete Brush

A Manhattan federal judge on Wednesday revived an effort by civil rights groups to block immigration courthouse arrests, citing what he called an apparently deceptive Trump administration move to disclaim its earlier litigation position.

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Historical Groups Fight To Save White House Records

By Jared Foretek

Historians are asking a D.C. federal judge for an injunction that would force the Trump White House to preserve official records after administration attorneys declared the Presidential Records Act unconstitutional.

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Trump Defends DOJ Investigation Of 'Incompetent' Fed Chair

By Jon Hill

President Donald Trump expressed support Wednesday for the U.S. Department of Justice continuing to investigate Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell over the Fed's headquarters renovation, saying the government must "find out what happened" with the project's $2.5 billion price tag.

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DOJ Atty Slapped With $250 Sanction For Missed Deadlines

By Tom Lotshaw

A California federal judge hit a U.S. Department of Justice attorney with a $250 sanction for repeatedly missing deadlines in a noncitizen's habeas corpus case, rejecting his assertions that his need to juggle tasks under a 300-plus caseload should excuse him.

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Former Judge To Head New NJ Attorney Readmission Board

By Jake Maher

The New Jersey Supreme Court announced this week the lineup of a new committee that will consider disbarred attorneys' applications for readmission, with a former state court judge of over 20 years at the head of the board.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Baker & Hostetler

Baker Botts

Bond Schoeneck

Brown Rudnick

Bursor & Fisher

Caplin & Drysdale

Clement & Murphy

Connell Foley

Covington & Burling

DLA Piper

Day Pitney

Dechert LLP

Emery Celli

FBT Gibbons

Faruqi & Faruqi

Fox Rothschild

Genova Burns

Gibbs & Bruns

Goldberg Segalla

Gordon Rees

Gottlieb & Associates PLLC

Harris Beach Murtha Cullina PLLC

Hogan Lovells

Holland & Knight

Hueston Hennigan

Irell & Manella

Jackson Lewis PC

Jones Day

Kasowitz LLP

Kirkland & Ellis

Kostelanetz LLP

Lowenstein Sandler

Maron Marvel

Martin Law PC

Mayer Brown

McCarter & English

McElroy Deutsch

Meritz Reddy

Milberg PLLC

Miller Waxler

Morgan Lewis

Morrison & Foerster

Murphy Orlando

O'Melveny & Myers

Proskauer Rose

Riker Danzig

Saiber LLC

Sills Cummis

Silver Golub

Smith Gambrell

Stein Saks

Stevens & Lee

Walden Macht

Watkins Calcara

Wiggin & Dana

Wilentz Goldman

Winston & Strawn

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

African Communities Together

Allergan PLC

Amazon.com Inc.

American Bar Association

American Civil Liberties Union

Apple Inc.

Aurobindo Pharma Ltd.

Aux

Aux Sable Liquid Products Inc.

Avet Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Bayer AG

Beiersdorf AG

CBIZ Inc.

Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd.

Eli Lilly & Co.

Emcure Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

Federalist Society

Holtec International Inc

Invitation Homes Inc.

Johnson & Johnson

Lannett Company, Inc

Lex Machina Inc.

LexisNexis Legal & Professional

LinkedIn Corp.

Make the Road New York

National Federation of Independent Business

New Jersey State Bar Association

New York Civil Liberties Union

New York University

Northern Mariana Islands Retirement Fund

Pfizer Inc.

R.T. Vanderbilt Holding Co. Inc.

RELX PLC

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

Sandoz International GmbH

State Bar of California

Stockton University

Supervalu Inc.

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.

The Cigna Group

The University of Alabama System

United Steelworkers

Vanderbilt Minerals LLC

Viatris Inc.

Walmart Inc.

YouTube Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

California Supreme Court

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Executive Office for Immigration Review

Executive Office of the President

Federal Reserve System

Federal Trade Commission

Nevada Gaming Control Board

New Jersey Supreme Court

State of Nevada

U.S. Attorney's Office

U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts

U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Minnesota

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of California

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

U.S. Department of Agriculture

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of New York

United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio